Environmental change is placing pressure on nervous systems across the animal kingdom. Rising temperatures, pollutants and other stressors are altering the ecosystems that animals have adapted to over millions of years.
Researchers know that different organisms respond to these pressures in different ways. What remains unclear is whether nervous systems also share common biological signatures of environmental stress — and whether coping with that stress carries hidden consequences later in life.
Those questions are driving two new collaborations funded through Scialog®: Neurobiology and Changing Ecosystems, a program that Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) leads and The Kavli Foundation and other philanthropic partners support. Scialog®, short for “science” and “dialog,” brings together early-career researchers from different disciplines to pursue ambitious scientific questions.